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Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture
Project
729 Haywood Rd.
Asheville, NC 28806

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Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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Farm to Hospital

Ten hospitals in the region are participating in ASAP's Farm to Hospital pilot program: Mission Hospital, Pardee Hospital, Park Ridge Hospital, Transylvania Medical Center, Blue Ridge Regional Hospital, Blue Ridge HealthCare, Murphy Medical Center, Angel Medical Center, Harris Regional Hospital, and Swain County Hospital.  Read more about the different ways each is getting involved.

 

Fresh produce at the Mission Hospital Farmers Market

  About the Program

Hospitals have the potential to act not only as a resource to treat the sick, but as a community role model for proactive healthy choices.  Featuring fresh local foods and offering food and farm related educational programming both improves public health and sustains farms.

Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) helps create and expand local food markets that will preserve our agricultural heritage, give everyone access to fresh, healthy food, and keep our farmers farming.  In addition to helping farmers market their product and connecting consumers with sources of local food, ASAP has a strong educational component designed to build positive relationships with fresh local food through cooking classes, field trips, and gardens. 

In 2009, ASAP is conducting a pilot Farm to Hospital program, offering a range of services to hospital food service, administration, staff, patients, and the broader community. This pilot program includes services such as Local Food Guides distribution and support sourcing local food. ASAP also consults on educational programs such as cooking classes, wellness programs, field trips, etc.. and marketing and promotions. 

These services are offered to hospitals across Western North Carolina, as time and resources allow.  For more information or if your hospital is interested in participating, please contact Molly Nicholie .

 

Funding for the program is provided in part by the Golden LEAF Foundation.

 

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We Can Accomplish Great Things--with Your Support
Do you wonder how much difference your gift to ASAP can make? Here are some examples of what ASAP can accomplish, with your support:
 
$500 can establish a school garden.
$100 can fund a cooking demo on how to prepare fresh foods.
$25 trains a farmer in new skills.
 
Give a donation to ASAP as a sustainable gift--and tell the recipient about the good work that will be done in his or her name.
 
Get Local: Eggs

Each month, ASAP, farmers, chefs, and diners will be celebrating the changing seasons by focusing as a community on one great locally grown ingredient. Read more.

 
What's In Season?
Use our chart to find out which local produce items are in season. Download a PDF .
 


 
 
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